Gene Autry = Liar?

for a second there, I thought Hapyorange was talking about my posts, but then I realized I never referred to him as a “mark.” That, and the fact that I’m relatively certain he’s never spoken to my wife.

I personally would enjoy a rebuttal (as would the whole community here to be sure) as your history with the franchise is unparalleled (at least among the living).

All alone in that ivory tower of his. You kids get offa my lawn, etc. I used to like him for his knowledge of the Angels’ minors, then I realized he was just a pompous ass. I mean, he even manages to trot out the old “our culture’s skewed priorities” chestnut about ballplayers’ salaries versus schoolteachers. The more apt analogy is between, say, a professor teaching at med school; it takes a lot of specialized training and dedication and above-average talent to get there; people get paid based on what they can fetch in the market.

…uh i hope…

… I would prefer it all came out. Given that Anaheim taxpayers have been put on the hook multiple times for the stadium, and successive owners have acted just like you’d expect oh-please-don’t-leave tenants would (i.e., laughing to the bank), I’d go maximal on disclosure.

Does roughly zero to dull my admiration for Autry, btw (or Moreno, for that matter).

I think settlement negotiation details remain confidential, but it’s subject, I think, to the consent of either or both parties to reveal it. It seems this guy might have accessed some things that were a matter of public record—that, and the duty of confidentiality, I think, usually just extends to the counsel representing the two sides. City Manager’s Office probably had no business revealing any of this stuff, though.